What you did tonight was clever,” Wit said. "You turned an attack into a promise. The wisest of men know that to render an insult powerless, you often need only to embrace it. (Brandon Sanderson)

What you did tonight was clever,” Wit said. "You turned an attack into a promise. The wisest of men know that to render an insult powerless, you often need only to embrace it.

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